TV Programs

The Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation’s TV program airs on Monday 1:30 pm, Wednesday 5 pm, Thursday 9 pm and will air twelve times through the month. You and other people everywhere can watch it on TV or through our website, www.olympiafor.org, soon after it has debuted on TCTV.

by Glen Anderson, producer and host of this TV series

Watch Powerfully Informative TV Program Through Your Computer or on TCTV

For more than 30 years the Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation’s TV series has explored a wide variety of issues related to peace, social and economic justice, the environment, and nonviolent social change. We especially provide opportunities for the public to hear voices and viewpoints that are rarely heard in mainstream media. You can watch our current program and more than 150 of our previous ones through the Olympia FOR’s website at your convenience even if you don’t watch our current program on TCTV cable channel 22 in Thurston County (Mondays 1:30 pm, Wednesdays 5:00 pm, Thursdays 9:00 pm).

Simply visit www.olympiafor.org, click the “TV Programs” link, and scroll down past the thorough description of the current month’s program. Previous programs are listed chronologically. Click the link for the program you want to watch. Also, next to each program’s link is a link to a thorough description of the program that you can read by clicking the “Word” or “pdf” link. You can watch more than 150 programs through www.olympiafor.org.

August 2017

“Why Universal Single-Payer Health Care Is the Real Solution – and How to Accomplish It”

Olympia FOR’s interview lays out the U.S.’s health care system’s problems and clearly explains how universal single-payer (“Medicare for All”) would serve all members of the public very well.

Watch it on your computer anywhere: You can watch it through the “TV Programs” part of www.olympiafor.org. Next to the link for watching the program is a Word document thoroughly summarizing what we said during the interview, and including some additional information that could not fit into the one-hour interview. The end of that Word document includes many sources of further information.

Thurston County residents who have cable TV can watch it on TCTV cable channel 22three times a week during July 2017:

-- Every Monday at 1:30 pm
-- Every Wednesday at 5:00 pm
-- Every Thursday at 9:00 pm.

The health care crisis is so timely now that August 2017’s program is the one we had aired during December 2015.

Although Obama’s Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) helped in some ways, it has failed to cover many millions of Americans and failed to control costs. Republicans are trying to repeal the ACA for right-wing reasons. The real solution is universal single-payer health care, which other modern countries use to produce far better results at far lower cost. Olympia FOR’s August 2017 TV program – also watchable through our website – proposes universal single-payer as the real remedy for Americans’ lack of access to affordable, high quality health care.

Our guest is Dr. Sarah K. Weinberg. She knows a lot about the problems, and she has been working for universal single-payer health care as the best solution. She has worked very hard with two non-profit organizations, Health Care for All – Washington and Physicians for a National Health Program. We list websites for these two organizations and other resources at the end of our TV program and the description posted at our website.

Please watch the program and/or read the very informative summary of what we said, plus much additional information. Visit www.olympiafor.org, click the “TV Programs” link, and scroll down to August 2017 to watch the program and/or read the Word document summary with resource information at the end.

During our interview we:

• Compare access to health care, affordability, and actual health outcomes between the U.S. and other nations

• Summarize how some other countries achieve health care

• Propose how a system could work in the U.S.

• Identify accomplishments and serious shortcomings of the ACA (“Obamacare”), and why the ACA was designed to be so weak and inefficient

SPECIAL PROGRAMSSometimes we produce
special programs.These air on
TCTV at various dates and times.

We are posting our
recent INTERVIEW
and
SPECIAL
programs on the internet.
(Although we got broadcast rights for airing the
“BIG PICTURE” films, we
are not able to post them on the internet, although some might be posted
under their own names.)
Also,
our older programs are not available in this format.

To watch a program,
simply click on
a link below to
watch that episode.

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2000

A Death Row Survivor Speaks Out - Video from April 12, 2002 Sonia Jacobs spoke on April 12, 2000 about her experience of being on Death Row for five years, but was later found to be wrongfully convicted.

special programs:

Standing Rock - Unheard Voices Much of mainstream media has reported little of the Water Defenders at Standing Rock, North Dakota. Indigenous voices are rarely heard. Two of three people from Olympia WA shared their experiences of being there and what we can do. Included are imported video clips from Veterans For Peace who sent 2,000 veterans to be human shields. Drone videos show the violence against peaceful, nonviolent demonstrators

Rev. Osagyefo Sekou “Ferguson, Faith and the Future of Democracy”https://youtu.be/Uq7x7KSJCJ0 Rev. Sekou who has been working on the ground in St Louis since mid August on behalf of the Fellowship of Reconciliation delivered a keynote address for the 57th Annual Fellowship of Reconciliation Northwest Regional Conference at Seabeck Conference Center. He reflected on his time on the front lines of the Ferguson rebellion, the radical remaking of many aspects of traditional activism and the birth of a new civil rights movement. He discussed the prophetic role of religion in revolutionary struggle and the responsibility of people of faith to move beyond ‘allyship’ to become freedom fighters working to rebuild a more just America. (1:18 hour)

Interfaith Work for Justice & Peace Faith Action Networkhttps://youtu.be/HWEFcbEXjQI Rev. Carol Jenson discusses the work of the Faith Action Network, a statewide 501(C)(3) interfaith organization involving thousands of persons and 90 faith communities in advocacy for the common good. She is a founder and Co-Chair of the Faith Action Network, and Pastor of St. John United Lutheran Church in Seattle. (38:05 min)

Interfaith Work for Justice and Peace in the Middle East - Ron Younghttps://youtu.be/j1YX-WpDUV0 Ron Young discusses work with Jews, Christians and Muslims for Mideast peace. Ron and his wife, Carol Jenson, lived in the Middle East 1982-85, and regularly visited Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Ron’s led a dozen interfaith trips to the region, and currently is Consultant for 35 Jewish, Christian and Muslim national religious leaders working together for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Ron was FOR’s National Youth Secretary 1965-72. Ron’s memoir, “Crossing Boundaries in the Americas, Vietnam and the Middle East”, was published in October 2014. (59:52 min)

Young People Speak Adults Listen: Supporting Intergenerational Activismhttps://youtu.be/DMRqovLTQP0 Rev. Osagyefo Ohuru Sekou led a demonstration workshop of how young and elder activists can support each other at the 57th WWFOR Seabeck Conference. Young People speak first while adults listen. Then the roles are reversed. “How can you help us?...What does that mean to work together?” (46:06 min)

Chief Complaint: A Country Doctor's Tales of Life in the Galilee - Dr. Hatim Kanaanehhttps://youtu.be/a1WbhhWoBPM Dr. Kanaaneh explores the changing, precarious, and ever­-shrinking world of Palestinians living in Israel. As his village’s first western-­trained physician, Dr. Kanaaneh has had intimate access to his neighbors' lives, which he chronicles here in a fictionalized collection of vignettes. These compelling short stories reveal the struggles, triumphs, memories, and hopes of the indigenous Palestinian community living in a state that does not acknowledge their past or encourage their future. (44:42 min)

“Don't Say 'Thank You For Your Service' That Continues My Oppression.” Army veterans: Dennis W. Mills, Mark Fleming and Zahid Chaudhry, lead a discussion on how today’s service members and veterans have been structurally oppressed even before they enlisted and continue beyond in their civilian lives. War, moral injury, PTSD, sexual oppression, poverty draft, homelessness, unemployment, and militarism are the oppressors. April 11, 2015 WWFOR Spring Assembly. 58 min

“Persistent Resistance: Women as Change Agents in Mesoamerica” Jose "Chencho " Alas has worked on peasant empowerment, peace, justice and environmental restoration efforts in El Salvador for 50 years. His positive approach that encourages a focus on small successes to build upon has produced some amazing results in rural El Salvador where peasants have restructured their society bottom-up. They eliminated post-war violence, and carried out reforestation and mangrove restoration projects and successful small organic farms. He is now expanding his efforts in Mesoamerica from Guatemala to Panama. His methods could have application for healing community and the earth in other area of war and conflict. (Mar. 27, 2015 St. Martin University (52:04 min) Recorded by Janet Jordan

David Hartsough "Waging Peace” David Hartsough, a Quaker, has "waged peace" for decades in the Soviet Union, El Salvador, Mexico, and Kosovo. He has been arrested for civil disobedience more than 100 times during his long activist career. Sponsored by Olympia FOR and recorded in Olympia WA Oct 21, 2014 at Olympia Friends Meeting.(video by Dennis Mills) Also videotaped in Seattle by Todd Boyle.

Women Under Fire: Abuse in the Military "Veterans Hour," a monthly televised program by VFP109, hosted Sarah Blum, author of "Women Under Fire: Abuse in the Military.” This hard-hitting program is one of the most important shows that need to be watched and action taken on behalf of women in the U.S. Military. Sadly under reported is 53% of males are also victims of sexual abuse in the military.

Ruth Lipow's 92nd Birthday Party Ruth Lipow, an activist for more than 70 years, celebrated her 92nd birthday in grand style with friends and great music by Vince Brown and La Von Hardison in Olympia WA on December 21, 2013.

Florence Ntakarutimana - "Women, Water, & Reconciliation" Glen Anderson, Anne Mills, and I had an awesome privilege of being on the TCTV crew for Friendly Water for the World when they taped an inspiring woman from Burundi, Florence Ntakarutimana. She is the Program Manager for "Healing and Rebuilding Our Communities" throughout Burundi, Rwanda, and Kenya. She also coordinated the joint HROC/Friendly Water for the World clean water and reconciliation project. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXgSAmBaZR8&feature=youtu.be The program is 29:29 minutes long! The program is 29:29 minutes long!

Jobs, Not Wars Cut military spending. Use the savings to fund human needs and create jobs. Convert from a war economy to a peace economy. Zoltan Grossman: Excessive U.S. militarism around the world. Tony Lee: Shift federal budget priorities to fund human needs. Glen Anderson: Converting to a peace economy would create more jobs

Juan Meléndez - an Innocent Survivor from Death Row (Sep 20, 2011) Juan Meléndez was an Innocent Survivor from Death Row for nearly 18 years! He shares his story of what living on death row is like and justice system that sentenced him even though the Prosecutor has the confession of the real killer.

Alice Walker:Poet/Writer as ActivistAlice Walker, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Color Purple, shared her humor and wit to a sold-out performance at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts as the Keynote for the Peace Works 2011. Ms. Walker accompanied the Corries to Gaza and that inspired her to write Overcoming Speechlessness. This program will encourage and inspire you!

malalai joya: a woman among warlordsMalalai Joya, a former Afghanistan Parliament member, shared how she wants our war and our support for warlords to end. Peace Action of WA sponsored her presentation at TESC on April 5, 2011

The True Cost of War - Rep. Dennis Kucinich Rep. Dennis Kucinich spoke on "The True Cost of War" on Presidents Day to a packed audience in Olympia WA. The event was sponsored by the Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation and Veterans for Peace - Rachel Corrie Chapter 109.

Children Under Occupation - Ziad Abbas Ziad Abbas, a Palestinian refugee and Associate Director of the Berkeley-based Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA), gave an informative and moving presentation entitled Children Under Occupation: Human Rights, International Solidarity and Water in Palestine about the water situation and MECA's Maia Project that provides clean water to children in Gaza. ; Ziad delved into the reasons behind the water crisis and the personal impact of both the crisis and the Maia Project on people in Palestine.

Drug War Roadshow The so-called “War on Drugs” is an expensive failure that has wasted billions of dollars and hurt many people in the US and other countries."

“Religion in Wartime” (Part 1)Traditions play in wartime. Part One features James Yee, former U.S. Army Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo and Rabbai Seth Goldstein. The forum was a project of "Religion and Society Program" of The Evergreen State College.

and
(Part 2) "Religion in Wartime" explores the roles that clergy from multi-faith traditions play in wartime. Part Two features Fred LaMotte, Quaker minister at TESC's Common Ground and Cyndi Pollard, associate pastor with Evergreen Christian Community. The forum was a project of the "Religion and Society" program at The Evergreen State College.
(March
2010)

Zawadi Nikuze – Healing and Rebuilding Our Communities in the DRC – 2013 Zawadi Nikuze, from Healing and Rebuilding Our Communities, works with rape survivors in The Democratic Republic of Congo. She was recently trained to build biosand water filters by Friendly Water for the World. She will train the rape survivors to make and market the filters as part of their healing.

Gandhi's legacy and
presence viable today?-Bernie Meyer, called "The American Gandhi" by friends in India, spoke at Traditions Cafe in Olympia. Dressed as Gandhi, Bernie shared the thoughts of Gandhi and then shared as Bernie Meyer whose peace activism includes protesting against agent orange and nuclear weapons.

Voices from GazaAbedalhadi Basheer and Dr. Laura Harte presented "Voices from Gaza" at the Peace Works on April 8, 2011

The Egypt Revolution: Implications for a New Middle EastSharif Abdel Kouddous, Senior Producer for Democracy Now, presented his views of the Egypt Revolution and its implications for the rest of the Middle East. Recorded at the Peace Works Conference for the Rachel Corrie Foundation.

Combatting Misused Charges of Anti-Semitism Rabbai Lynn Gottlieb (Shalom Network for Jewish Nonviolence) and Sara Kershnar (International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network share their experiences of combatting the claims of Anti-Semitism or Jewish Privilege. Their presentation was at the 2011 Peace Works Conference of the Rachel Corrie Foundation.

How to Reform Prisons and Sentencing Carol Estes, representing University Beyond Bars, and Steven Aldrich with Friends Committee on Washington Public Policy discuss how to reform our prisons as well as changing sentencing laws.